What On Earth Is Going On At Inverness Caledonian Thistle?

Inverness Caledonian Thistle won the Scottish Cup in 2015, and reached a second final as recently as 2023, yet less than eighteen months, the club is in administration and on the brink of extinction.

In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at Caley Thistle's extraordinary fall from grace, the characters behind it, and what the future may hold for the so-called 'Pride of the Highlands'.

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[CanMav]

"Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious!" is, to this day, the best headline from any Football article.

[guanxvi]

I genuinely did chuckle at “Thistle do nicely”.

[syndicatemind]

Im from South Africa, have no idea what Inverness Thistle is, but this is exactly the content I subscribed for.

[RossParker]

Shows how big a mess Caley are when channels outside Scotland are paying attention

[scottcraze]

Alfie - please do one of these on Truro City. Cornwall is the only county not to have had a league team, we are now 2nd in the national league after being exiled and playing at about 6 home grounds last year. We have built a stadium and are getting close to 2, 000 every week with a 3, 000 sell out predicted for tomorrow. In the last 20 years we've been to Wembley in the FA Vase, been on deaths door through administration a couple of times, had owners wives threatening the fans on social media, experienced multiple promotions and relegations... the video would write itself and do a hell of a lot for the long suffering people of Cornwall. Cheers!

[superunknown]

Geordie here. Stayed in Inverness for quite some time as was working just north in Evanton.
We went a few times on the Saturdays to watch Caley Thistle. Lovely city, lovelier people, beautiful part of the world. I hope they turn it around 🙏🏻

[hieuhaang]

proud to say that I've been following this story since Zealand did a video about this team

[KyleMann-hcgo]

A 38 minute video essay on a club I’ve never heard of to listen to at work? 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[DansBoringChannel]

"Never has someone more screamed of drinking Huel than this man" is such a specific burn, but we all know the exact type of person youre referring to 👏👏

[tomgreen]

Caley are my local club and it sucks that the club has gone from punching well above it's weight to being worthy of your series. Small point, the press and journal is more of an Aberdeen paper and the Inverness Courier is the largest local one in the city. Love your videos

[howdyitsdavid]

AHHH thank you for acquiesing my request.

[trunter]

Alfie is so much better than any other football YouTube channel it's ridiculous ❤

[zuhayershadmankhan]

Two kids at class are bickering among themselves.

Teacher : "What are you quarrelling about?"

Kid 1 : "Our football clubs."

Teacher : "Now dear lads, there is no place for such nonsense in the modern world. As an exercise for tolerance, I would like each of you to write the other's club's name 100 times on a piece of paper."

Kid 2 : "That is so unfair!"

Teacher : "How is that so?"

Kid 2 : "Because I support Ayr, and he supports Inverness Caledonian Thistle!"

[markusgorgen]

Living in Inverness I highly appreciate your video.
Your channel certainly is one of the pure gems here on YouTube!
Keep up the great work you’re doing.

[dontbesohard]

Seeing you do a video about my local team seems absurd, and then seeing my mates brothers picture as one of the two clach players sitting in the changing room was hilarious to me. Mon the caley!

[joachimhovgaardramlau]

1:27 good idea for a video: 7 most famous sporting (or just football) headlines of all time

[DrZaius]

Alfie and Zealand: How the fork did you manage to avoid collabing on this one?

[amirfarhanFS]

This channel never fails to impress me

[giulianocantadore]

After seeing the thumbnail, I thought the video was a joke somehow. But no, a serious 40-min essay about Scottish football. God I love this channel

[willcomrie]

Hey, I could see my house roof in one of the pictures. Don't want Caley to die as being a Ross County fan I do not want our nearest rivals to be St. Johnstone.